Photography Composition Using the Elements and Principles of Design. - ppt download

Photography Composition Using the Elements and Principles of Design. - ppt download: LINE A mark made by a moving point. Has greater length than width. Directs the eye – horizontal, vertical, diagonal, curvy, zig-zag, etc. Can be actual obvious lines or the borders or edges of shapes.

Michigan Art Education Association Region 3 Show

I am a Co-Liason for Region 3 for the Michigan Art Education Association. Below are 5 pieces of work by Carpenter students. One piece went to the State Show Congrats.

 

Below are images of work by other students from the Ann Arbor Public Schools. Congrats to the teachers and the students.

 

January- February Fifth Grade

The Fifth Graders made African inspired masks. Students are shown numerous examples of masks from Africa. We discuss why mask are used. Each student created a story to go with their masks.

Fire Mask

Water Mask

January- February Fourth Grade

Fourth Graders had a unique opportunity to work together on this project that is called The Exquisite Body by Andre Breton one of the founders of the Surrealist Movement. This process of creating is a collaboration between 3 students. Each student received a piece of paper folded into thirds. On the top each student drew a head of an animal. Next they passed their paper to another student who drew their body and they drew a body on another. They exchange for a third paper in which they drew tails or legs. In the end the person who drew the head was tho owner of the piece and they added details.

Students viewed a Prezi presentation about Georgia O'Keeffe who did a lot to document the Southwest region of the United States. Her landscapes were great inspiration for students work. Their pretests are on the right.

Students created a horse blanket background inspired by the Pendelton Woolen Mills in Oregon representing the Northwest Region of the United States. Students also started their weavings.

Fourth Grade students were introduced to Frank Stella, a Native Detroit Artist. Students used a protractor to create their designs. No erasers were allowed in the creation of these images. Students had to plan their designs. They traced their protractors so they would overlap but stopped where they would cut into another protractor. They did a great job.

January- February Third Grade

Inspired by Mark Franz's Blue Horse, Third Graders made horse paintings. It is also the Chinese Year of the Horse.

Third Grader had a unique opportunity to work together on this project that is called The Exquisite Body by Andre Breton one of the founders of the Surrealist Movement. This process of creating is a collaboration between 3 students. This is a collaboration with me and 2 other students.

Each student received a piece of paper folded into thirds. On the top each student drew a head of an African Animal or an African Mask. Next they passed their paper to another student who drew their body and they drew a body on another. They exchange for a third paper in which they drew tails of legs. In the end the person who drew the head was tho owner of the piece and they added details.

Third Graders study prism and the effect of light passing through an object. We discussed refraction and how all the colors are present. Below are examples of work inspired by an unknown artist.

January- February Second Grade

While we are waiting for the end of the year, we are working on our Mendhi Hands that we started in the beginning of the year. Students traced their hands at the beginning and now are adding details to their hands. At the end of the year they will trace their hand again to see how much they have grown.

This project allows students to use art as visual text. Students get reintroduced to Aboriginal Art and the legend of the serpent. They make their serpents and in the inside they use Aboriginal symbols to tell of a travel. They finished their work using the dot method of painting.

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Students make African masks inspired byLois Malou, an African American artist.

January- February First Grade

In First Grade we spend some time observing animals that they receive in the classroom for their Science Curriculum. Below are their Scientific Illustrations of snails, goldfish and crickets.

I did a pretest this year to see where I could help them. 

After observing the animals they drew in more details like ridges or rings on the snails shell and eye spots, scales and mouths on the fish, and wings and six legs on the crickets.

In February we started our Japanese Owl Kites as we prepared for the wind lesson. It seemed to brighten everyone's mood with such a cold winter.